RollingStone.com and RadioWave.com Launch Definitive Internet Radio; "Rolling Stone Radio" to be Syndicated Across the Web

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2000

Business, Hi-Tech, & Entertainment Editors

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

RollingStone.com, an EMusic Web site and the Internet's premier authority on music and popular culture, and RadioWave.com today announced the launch of "Rolling Stone Radio."

RadioWave.com, a leading Internet radio network, developed, designed and programmed the multi-channel radio offering which will be featured at RollingStone.com.

Rolling Stone Radio expands RollingStone.com's comprehensive music offerings, which include artist features and interviews, music news, album reviews, and photo galleries on over 5,000 artists. The interactive radio platform allows fans to view artist/band biographies, photos and discographies, click to purchase CDs, as well as find tour dates and ticket information.

At the launch of Rolling Stone Radio there will be 20 different audio channels of genre-based music and content running the gamut from indie to classic rock, hip-hop to pop. Special content culled from the pages of Rolling Stone Magazine will also be the source of customized, music programming. The first of these "special content" channels, titled "Pop 100," will begin to stream on Rolling Stone Radio on November 17 to coincide with the issue of Rolling Stone Magazine that ranks the top 100 pop songs of all time. Rolling Stone Radio will allow fans to listen to the entire list 24x7.

RadioWave.com will also syndicate the new branded music service to e-commerce, content, and portal sites across the Web. Rolling Stone Radio will feature RadioWave.com's iSpot(TM) advertising. The radio service allows real-time, seamless coordination of visual and audio messages that combine the branding effectiveness of a radio ad with the interactivity of a banner ad.

"The launch of Rolling Stone Radio allows fans to listen to the music and musicians they are reading about on our site," said Chris Henger, general manager of RollingStone.com. "RadioWave.com's top-quality service is a rich media environment that greatly enhances our user's online music experience."

"RollingStone.com is the most respected name in the online music industry and we are proud to provide their fans with a unique listening experience," said Bill Pearson, CEO of RadioWave.com. "Rolling Stone Radio will serve a very broad audience of committed music lovers, and is a key component of our rapidly growing Internet radio network."

Rolling Stone Radio joins MSN Chat Radio, ARTISTdirect Radio Network, Blue Note Records Radio, Astralwerks Radio, Alligator Records Radio, and the Susquehanna Radio Corp.'s broadcast station group as part of RadioWave.com's Internet radio network.

About RollingStone.com

RollingStone.com (www.RollingStone.com) is the Internet's premier authority on music and popular culture, and is an EMusic Web site. The site leverages Rolling Stone magazine's unrivaled deep archives, including more than 7,000 artist profiles, an extensive collection of exclusive photos and interviews, 30 years of magazine covers and over 2,000 on-demand videos. Since it was founded in January 1998, EMusic.com Inc. (Nasdaq: EMUS) has established itself at the forefront of how music will be discovered, delivered and enjoyed in the next decade. In addition to having the Internet's largest catalog of downloadable MP3 music available for purchase, EMusic operates one of the most popular families of music-oriented Web sites -- including RollingStone.com, EMusic.com, DownBeat.com and IUMA. The company is based in Redwood City, California, with regional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.

About RadioWave.com

RadioWave is the leading creator of unique and compelling interactive audio entertainment services for distribution on the Internet. RadioWave.com's fully customized Web-based solutions support and enhance its customers' brands by integrating live or programmed music with coordinated visuals, interactive information and interactive audio advertising (iSpots(TM)). iSpots feature real-time, seamless coordination of visual and audio messages that combine the branding effectiveness of a radio ad with the interactivity of a banner ad. RadioWave.com's financial and strategic partners include Warburg Pincus Ventures, FBR Technology Venture Partners, EMI Recorded Music, Intel, Motorola and Susquehanna Radio Corp. Additional information about our company and demonstrations of RadioWave.com's services are available at www.radiowave.com.